Dr. Charles E. Benedict, Ph.D., P.E.

BEC Consulting, LLC

3660 Hartsfield Road Tallahassee , FL 32303

Mobile: 850-591-8692Office: 850-558-3100Fax: 850-575-8454

Introduction

Dr. Benedict is an Electro-mechanical Engineer specializing in accident reconstruction; fire cause analysis for vehicles, construction and processing, people movers, and other electro-mechanical systems; product failure analysis, product development and machine design. He has been qualified numerous times as an expert in federal and state courts in many states, including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland, Oregon New Mexico, Wisconsin, South Carolina, California, Texas, Washington, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ohio and others.

BEC Consulting, LLC focuses on forensic engineering (accident reconstruction) and consulting engineering and is also involved in the research, development and design of products and systems. Our engineering team represents a variety of engineering disciplines; mechanical, biomechanical, biomedical, civil, safety, industrial, metallurgy and materials. This diversity enables us to reconstruct a variety of types of accidents; automobile, truck, aircraft, boat, train, bicycle, ATV, product, roadway design, electrocution, fire and explosion, slip/trip and fall, "black box" (EDR), and more. The BEC services include investigation and documentation of the scene, engineering analysis, and creating all types of graphics in-house to support the engineering analysis during testimony in deposition and trial.

A: Travel time is billed portal to portal, travel expenses are billed. Private aircraft may be used for travel. All copies are billed, evidence storage is billed, and usage of specialized equipment is billed.